CULICID GENUS LEICESTERIA, Til EQUAL 1). 



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Apart from the tibial characters, L.flava much resembles L. cingulata, from 

 which it can easily be distinguished by the narrow pale rings on the tarsi and the 

 yellowish rings on the male palpi. 



Malay States ; Assam ; Sarawak (J. Hewitt, 1 c? 1Q in Cambridge Museum). 



3. L. dolichocephala, Leic 



Leicesteria dolichocephala, Leic, op. cit. p. 95. 



It is a little difficult to be certain whether the hood-like appearance of the 

 thorax is entirely natural, or whether it may not be partly due to the head 

 having shrunk. The pale rings on the hind tarsi are much fainter than in the 

 tAvo following species and may be quite absent ; the dorsum of the abdomen, as 

 in L. annulitarsis, is entirely dark, except for a yellowish patch on the eighth 

 segment ; the white patch on the second abdominal segment is more oblique than 

 in the next two species. The British Museum possesses four female cotypes ; 

 I have not seen a male. 



Recorded only from near Kuala Lumpur, Federated Malay States. 



Fig. 2. — Male genitalia of Leicesteria magna, Theo. 



4. L. magna (Theo.). 



Brevirhynchus magnus, Theo., K,ec. Ind. Mus. ii, p. 293 (1908). 

 Leicesteria annulitarsis (c? only), Leic, op cit, p. 100 (1908). 

 Toxorhynchites rectirostris (Giles MS.), Theo., Mon. Cul. v, p. 214 (1910) 

 (nom. mid.). 

 The characters given in the key should facilitate the recognition of this species. 

 It is rather larger than L. annulitarsis and the tips of the female palpi are not so 



